Canon Pixma MG5150 color print quality decline

[Aleksandar84]

The short way was what I was looking for. Another short question, if the problem is too light magenta, will a few drops of dye based black ink in the magenta bottle help? Making it a bit darker magenta, or it just doesnt work that way?

 

[Łukasz]

The resulting ink will be darker for sure, but not sure if it still will be recognized as Magenta

But main concern is that mixing inks together is not recommended in general.

Ł.

 

[martin0reg]

Please excuse being off-topic here..
Lukasz, what is the long version of "no epson ink in canon printers"?
I have not tried this (and don't want to) - only want to know the background. What ingredient or property could it be that one sort is cooling canon's bubble jet and the other does not?
And will the many 3rd party ink manufacturers be aware of this?

 

[The Hat]

The short way was what I was looking for. Another short question, if the problem is too light magenta, will a few drops of dye based black ink in the magenta bottle help? Making it a bit darker magenta, or it just doesnt work that way?

In short don’t use any Epson ink in your Canon printer regardless of what colour it is, you’ll have to get ink formulated specifically for Canon printers whether its guanine Canon or 3rd party inks, just make sure it’s for a Canon printer..

 

[Łukasz]

Here in Poland, there was a time, when some shops was selling same compatible ink to every inkjet printer (either because being cheated by their providers from China or even intentionally to avoid costs).

If piezo ink was fit to Canon, symptoms was inkflow problems, especially on dye nozzles (no print at all), and on PGBK - clogging while printing. Printhead was fine after external flushing.

It is a little bit different to pigment over dye nozzles story, cause pigment can be printed from 5 pl nozzles, and clogs on 2 pl and 1 pl while piezo ink won't flow at all.

So I guess, main concern is too high viscosity of compatible piezo ink.
How piezo ink is performing in terms of leaving some residuals on thermal nozzles is hard to predict if it won't flow at all

Some time ago I wanted to test black OEM L100 ink in the PGBK printhead but I changed my mind.

Ł.

 

[PeterBJ]

Hi Aleksandar84

I would not recommend using a refill ink for Epson in the Canon MG5150, neither would I recommend using a universal ink. Instead I would recommend refill inks specifically made for the printer. I don't know your location, but the printer is the European version. Here are refill inks for your printer from a British supplier and here from a German supplier.

The inks work together as a system, so all the refill inks should be same brand, else you might get problems with colour cast. If you don't want to buy a complete ink set for your printer, at least by a regular magenta intended for your printer.

Inks for thermal printers need to be thermally resistant, inks for piezoelectric printers like Epson and Brother do not need this property, so the use of an ink for Epson is not recommended in a Canon printer.

 

[Aleksandar84]

Tried a better quality ink and it solved the problem. Thanks guys.

 

[PeterBJ]

Thank you for the feed-back